Wiener Neustadt Island

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Wiener Neustadt Island (, also ) is an island in Franz Josef Land, Russia.

History

This island was named after Wiener Neustadt, a town located south of Vienna, by the Payer-Weyprecht Austro-Hungarian Arctic expedition.

Geography

Wiener Neustadt Island is part of the Zichy Land subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It is separated from Ziegler Island and Salisbury Island by the narrow Collinson Sound. Wiener Neustadt Island's area is 237 km2 and it is almost completely glacierized. The highest point of this island, Peak Parnass, is 620 m, the highest in Franz Josef Land.

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